Intellectual Property (IP), Cyber and Technology Open Day

About us:

At Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, we align your growth and ambition with ours. We invest in your personal and professional growth and support you to achieve your ambitions. And you share responsibility for playing a part in delivering the firm’s growth and ambition too.

A leading global law firm, with over 6,000 people, we are in the world's largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs. We’re recognised leaders in demanding contentious matters, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private transactions.

We’re immersed in the many challenges facing our clients. We’re invested and resourceful. We understand the part technology and digitalisation play in the delivery of legal services. We want to make a positive impact wherever in the world we operate. You’ll have the opportunity to engage with an open mind and curiosity.

We are known for our diverse perspectives and renowned for our culture. Being human, bold and outstanding are more than our values: you’ll discover they are our lived experience. And by being ambitious for your growth and ours, we’ll achieve our goals together.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer: Your growth. Our ambition.

Your opportunity:

Our Intellectual Property (IP), Cyber and Technology Open Day is your chance to explore many ways a technical background can be applied to a career in law.

The event will include an overview of IP law (the law protecting inventions, brands, technology, media and creative work) as well as the legal side of cyber security and other areas of technology law. There will be case studies presented by our science and technology qualified lawyers, showing how their skills and interests are involved in the matters we handle: from interviewing experts in a scientific or technical field, to supervising experiments, understanding how software has been misused, appreciating how the latest blockbuster drugs were invented and recognising the scientific and technical context in which this happened, to being able to communicate with technologically sophisticated clients and even prevent or limit cyber disasters, as well as dealing with the complex IP issues surrounding AI.

We’ll also give you an insight into the innovations in technology happening in our firm and how we develop solutions for case management and internal projects, and to solve our clients’ needs.

The day aims to give you an idea of the sorts of interesting and exciting things you’d be working on if you decided to join us, whether as a lawyer or as part of our legal operation function.

Date: Tuesday 11 November 2025

Location: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, Exchange House, London, EC2A 2EG

What we're looking for:

This Open Day is open to applications from students studying a science, technology, engineering, electronics, maths, medicine, computer science, artificial intelligence or cyber subject and also to those studying other subjects who are involved in technology-driven projects, in any year of their degree, as well as to graduates. If you are unsure whether your degree subject qualifies, please get in touch.

When to apply:

Applications close on 12 October 2025 (23:59 BST), so make sure you've completed and submitted your online application form by then. Please note that all applications will be reviewed after the deadline.

Inclusivity:

We value diverse perspectives and embrace difference. We’re proud of our achievements, committed to building on our good work, as well as our awareness of and focus on well-being. You’ll be supported to bring your whole and best self to work in an environment that is not only professional, but also connected and caring. We’re renowned for our culture. We balance being human, bold and outstanding and you’ll find these are more than our values: a lived experience. At the heart of this, you’ll be supported to grow, achieve your ambitions and play a part in helping us achieve the firm’s. So as a graduate, by being ambitious for your growth and ours, we’ll achieve our goals together.

Application deadline:
Sunday, 12 October 2025 at 22:59 (UTC)
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